Tag:busway=lane

busway = lane
Description
Using this tag is discouraged, use lanes:bus=* or bus:lanes=* + access:lanes=* instead.
Group: highways
Used on these elements
Useful combination
highway=*
See also
busway:left=* busway:right=* highway=busway
Status: deprecated
busway=lane $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo
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This feature has been labeled as deprecated. The recommended replacement is: lanes:bus=* or bus:lanes=* + access:lanes=*.
The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.

busway=lane was a tag which denoted that a road has. To specify the side where the bus lane was located, one would use busway:left=* and busway:right=* instead.

The alternative tagging is to use lanes:bus=* (counts the total amount of bus lanes) or bus:lanes=* (specifies lanes which are designated to buses):

Photo	"busway=*" scheme	"lanes:psv=*" scheme	"bus:lanes=*" scheme
Oneway with exclusive bus lane	busway=lane	lanes:bus=1	access:lanes=yes|yes|no bus:lanes=yes|yes|designated

More details on how to use these tags can be found under Bus lanes.

Deprecation follow-up

Deprecation vote

This tag has been formally deprecated by a community vote on 2024-11-15.

Transition stats

• Use history of the busway=lane tag: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/busway/lane
• Use history of busway=lane, lanes:bus=* and bus:lanes=* tags: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/busway/lane&***/lanes:bus/*/&***/bus:lanes/*/

Tasks

Please help the community to transition from busway=lane to lanes:bus=* resp. bus:lanes=* with the following tasks:

Documentation

Task	English	Every other language	Comment
Update busway=lane wiki page	no	no
Update lanes:bus=* resp. bus:lanes=* wiki page	no	no
Update the deprecated features page	yes	N/A
Update every other mentioning the busway=lane tag (listed here) excluding users & discussion pages	no	no
Update deprecated busway=lane data item	yes	N/A
Update Changelog	yes	N/A
Update bus lanes to only refer to lanes:bus=* and bus:lanes=*	yes	no
[Please add any documentation that might be relevant]	N/A	N/A
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Tools

See https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/busway=lane#projects for more details about the tools using this tag.

Mission	Task	busway=lane tag deprecated	lanes:bus=* and bus:lanes=* tag supported	URL of the request	Comment
For every editorː change preset	Update JOSM preset	N/A	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://josm.openstreetmap.de/report
	Update iD preset	N/A	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema/issues
	Update Vespucci preset	N/A	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/simonpoole/beautified-JOSM-preset
For every Q/A toolsː suggest to enforce the proposal	Create a JOSM/Validator preset	no	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made
	Other toolsː suggest to enforce the proposal	Update Organic Maps preset	Unknown	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues
	Osmose	Unkown	N/A	Unkown	N/A
	MapRoulette	Unkown	N/A	Unkown	N/A
	MapComplete	Unkown	N/A	Unkown	N/A
	Public Transport Network Analysis	Unkown	N/A	Unkown	N/A
	[Please add any editor, tool, search engine, router, render or other project that might be relevant]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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Render

See https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/busway=lane#projects to find out which renders are using this tag.

Mission	Task	busway=lane tag deprecated	lanes:bus=* resp. bus:lanes=* tag supported	URL of the request	Comment
[Please add any render that might be relevant]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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